Social teaching forms

The paper Collaborative Learning Through YouTube (Muñiz Calvente, Álvarez-Vázquez and Pelayo, 2022) is an excellent follow-up to the topic from this course called Collaboration in an Online Environment. It provides a concrete and practical example of how social forms of work can be connected to digital tools and modern pedagogical approaches, encouraging active collaboration, reflection, and shared learning.

The authors present a methodology that combines collaborative learning with the use of information and communication technologies, in which students actively create educational content. In small groups, they design and solve problem tasks and create short videos in which they explain their solutions, which they then publish on YouTube. These materials are peer-reviewed, which encourages the exchange of ideas, develops critical thinking, and strengthens a sense of shared responsibility. In this process, the teacher plays the role of a mentor and leader, not just a lecturer, which further contributes to the active participation of students and a deeper understanding of the content.

As you read the paper, take notes and think about how you could incorporate similar forms of collaborative work into your own teaching, how you could use digital platforms to encourage collaborative learning, and how you could assess the development of social and communication competencies in students.

The work offers an inspiring view of how the online environment can become a space of true collaboration and co-creation of knowledge. It connects theory and practice in a way that is close to modern students and encourages teachers to shape their own teaching as a dynamic, interactive and participatory process.

Bibliography:

Muñiz Calvente, Miguel & Álvarez, Adrián & Pelayo, F.. (2022). Collaborative learning through Youtube. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice. 22. 202-208. 10.33423/jhetp.v22i7.5284.